Parenting is a joy! Children are angelic, and they only bring happiness to our lives. All true, but the hard work that goes behind making our children look and seem cherubic often goes unnoticed. Someone rightly said that being a parent is a walk in the park, only that park is Jurassic Park. If you are rolling your eyes already, chances are you are not a parent yet because it is not hard for a parent to identify another one. The signs are mostly the same – homes are a wreck, purses are sticky, nobody gets to sleep, and yet as a parent, you have the bragging rights on your side so even your cab driver gets to see a picture of your kid! If you are nodding your head and agreeing, chances are you already have a kid or two at home or you know someone who does. If not, here are LOL-worthy parenting quotes that will give you an idea:
Erma Bombeck
Humorist and columnist Erma Bombeck was hugely popular from the 1960s to the 1990s. Her column was about a middle-aged suburban wife, and she never forgot to throw in some amount of humor in what she wrote. One of her most popular and hilarious quotes about parenting has to be this, “When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.”
Jerry Seinfeld
Stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director Jerry Seinfeld is also one of the richest people in Hollywood, but he went through normal parenting woes like the rest of us. Here is what he has to say about toddlers and we are sure most of us will agree silently with his deep insight, “A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.”
Jimmy Fallon
Talk show host Jimmy Fallon happens to be that annoying parent, whom we all want to avoid. They can’t stop talking about their kids and will brag about them on a drop of a hat. He has two adorable daughters and we can’t really blame him for being like that, “I thought I’d never be that annoying person, but as soon as Winnie was born, I was showing iPhone snaps to a cab driver.”
Milton Berle
And finally, someone does ask the most important question, something all mothers have been itching to do. Milton Berle was an old school comedian no doubt, but he did understand the pain that mothers have to go through, juggling each and every task in the house. We can’t agree more with him, “If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands?”
Ray Romano
Ray Romano from Everybody Loves Raymond is bang on, describing how the house looks like with a baby. Don’t get us wrong, everybody loves babies and they can be the source of joy and happiness but the real scenario is described by Romano here, “Having children is like living in a frat house – nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.”
Ed Asner
Actor Ed Asner might be from another decade, but his quote about parenthood proves that things have not changed much in all these years, at least regarding parenting. Every parent who has had to deal with toddlers throwing tantrums while changing their diapers or making them eat veggies will love this one for sure, “Raising a kid is part joy and part guerilla warfare.”
Phyllis Diller
Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller has many things to say about parenthood that might make you go ROFL, but we think with this quote, she has passed on a bit of important advice as well, “Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing.”
@jocieopc
This one takes the cream though. It is the true feeling of so many moms. It doesn’t matter how much you love your child; sometimes it does get tiring and hiding from your children is the best thing then. The bathroom is the favorite place of many moms, but let’s see what this mom named Jocie, who also happens to be a blogger, has to say, “Not all who wander are lost. Some are just moms. In Target. Hiding from their children.”
Whatever kind of a parent you are, we must say that nobody has a right to judge you. Bring up your child in whatever way you want, keep the house unclean, sleep when you want, hide at Target if you feel like – just be happy. It is more important to be a happy parent than a perfect one.